Actress Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) has signed to star in Romeo And Brittney, the follow-up movie from comedian David Baddiel (The Infidel). The current Doctor Who companion will play Brittney, a high school student from New Jersey who finds herself in the 13th-century, stuck in the plot of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet as the female lead.

Gillian Anderson (The X Files) will be playing both Gillan’s mother and a nurse in 13th-century Verona, while Robert Sheehan (Misfits) has been cast as a nerdy student and Romeo.

The $7 million movie, summarized as “Shakespeare In Love meets Clueless”, starts shooting May.

Arvind Ethan, producer:

“[David Baddiel and I] love literate teen comedies and we wanted to do our own version. After all, 10 Things I Hate About You was based on The Taming Of The Shrew just as Clueless was based on Jane Austen’s Emma and Easy A is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. And what is Twilight if it’s not Romeo & Juliet with vampires and werewolves?”

This is certainly exciting news, particularly if you love Karen Gillan and Robert Sheehan — who’s particularly charismatic as Nathan in Misfits. The premise doesn’t sound like a simple case of time-travel (as a few actors are playing dual roles), more like a reality-bending fantasy similar to Lost In Austen (the ITV miniseries where a modern woman was transported into the novel Pride & Prejudice). Agree?

My only reservation is the involvement of David Baddiel; a decent comedian back in the early-’90s and a talented writer, but his recent movie The Infidel was toothless and a tedious disappointment, with limp direction. Will he fare better with a more imaginative concept and a bigger budget?

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I’ve also added a bunch more HQ’s from the National Television Awards, courtesy of My Poncho Boy and my lovely friend Annika, so many thanks to them!

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2012 > January – National Television Awards (NTA’s)

Karen Gillan cleaned up at the National TV Awards so it’s no surprise she’s going to keep her prize – by her bath.

The Inverness-born actress won the Best Female Drama Performance gong on Wednesday night for her role as Amy Pond in Doctor Who. Karen – who pipped Suranne Jones, Eve Myles and Jaye Jacobs to the award – said: “I’m going to put it in the bathroom.

“I could keep it on the side of my bath next to the shower gel.

“It’s fantastic I won on Burns Night. My parents are going to be so proud of me.

“I wasn’t expecting that and then to stand in front of that many people in the O2 Arena just screaming, I was trembling afterwards.”

Karen, 24, revealed she only just made it on stage.

She said: “I was late because of the crazy traffic in London. So I got there and then they called out my name. So there wasn’t a second to spare.”

Winning the award is a nice goodbye for Karen, who will leave Doctor Who this year.

She said: “I am so sad to be leaving Doctor Who. I have had the best years of my life on this job

“But it’s time to go on to other things and all stories come to their natural end.”

Karen will film in Scotland for the first time since becoming a star when she shoots a Glasgow-set rom com Not Another Happy Ending. She said: “I play an eccentric writer.”

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Karen looked stunning, and congratulations to her again on her award win! Also congratulations to her co-star Matt Smith for winning Drama Performance (Male) too, although sadly Doctor Who lost out to Downton Abbey for Best Drama!

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Events and Appearances > 2012 > January – National Television Awards (NTA’s)

Karen Gillan won the award for the Best Drama Performance (Female) at tonight’s National Television Awards, for her role as Doctor Who’s assistant.

The Scottish star beat off competition from worthy competitors including Suranne Jones (Scott & Bailey), Eve Myles (Torchwood) and Jaye Jacobs (Waterloo Road).

Looking stunning in a short black dress with her deep red locks left free-flowing over her shoulders, an excited Karen ran up to the stage to receive her gong.

Presenting the gong was Hugh Bonneville from period costume drama Downton Abbey, who said that the fact that each award is selected by the public proves that the winner is truly “striking a chord with the audience”.

Karen – whose dulcet tones can be heard on the current series of Scottish Passport on STV – was clearly overwhelmed with her win.

“Hello” Oh my good God, thank you so much, this means so much to me, this is amazing but I am terrified right now!,” the Inverness-born actress said.

As well as starring in Doctor Who, Karen can also be seen tomorrow night in the BB4 show We’ll Take Manhattan, in which she plays the role of 60s supermodel Jean Shrimpton.

This year’s 17th NTAs were held at the 02 Arena in London, with over a thousand famous faces from the world of TV in attendance.

The annual awards ceremony sees the cream of the TV crop honoured for their performances over the last 12 months, with every winner in each of the 14 categories chosen by the public, who vote in a nationwide poll.

Huge congratulations to Karen on her win! So proud of her!! Pictures coming soon!

I’ve also added a small selection of HQ Events images from 2010 and 2011, which we previously only had in MQ.

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Magazine Scans > 2012 > January – Radio Times

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On Screen > 2012 – We’ll Take Manhattan

Karen Gillan stars as 60s fashion icon Jean Shrimpton, embarking on a New York affair with photographer David Bailey, in We’ll Take Manhattan on BBC4 next week.

RT did a photoshoot of its own with Karen, featuring some suitably sultry 60s styling. For more exclusive pictures, buy the new issue of Radio Times magazine – available from tomorrow – and read what happened when Karen met the real David Bailey for a Vogue shoot.

See Karen Gillan’s photoshoot in the new issue of Radio Times magazine, on sale Tuesday 17 January

Scans will be added to the site as soon as we can!